Siegmund Gabriel
Siegmund Gabriel (born November 7, 1851 in Berlin , † March 22, 1924 in Berlin) was a German chemist .
life and work
Siegmund Gabriel studied chemistry and received his doctorate in Heidelberg in 1874 with Robert Wilhelm Bunsen . He was a professor at Berlin University until 1921, where he researched the chemistry of numerous organic nitrogen compounds. So he discovered u. a. the ring closure of 2-bromoethylamine to ethyleneimine , synthesized pyrimidine for the first time , and in 1887 developed the Gabriel synthesis, named after him, of primary alkyl amines from haloalkanes. In 1888 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . The Gabriel-Colman rearrangement , discovered in 1900, and the Robinson-Gabriel synthesis are named after him .
literature
- Lichtenthaler, FW: Emil fischer, his personality, his achievements, and his scientific progeny. In: Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2002, 24, 4095-4122. doi : 10.1002 / 1099-0690 (200212) 2002: 24 <4095 :: AID-EJOC4095> 3.0.CO; 2-2
- Berthold Peter Anft: Gabriel, Siegmund. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 10 f. ( Digitized version ).
- hu-berlin.de: Biography - Sigismund Gabriel
Web links
Commons : Siegmund Gabriel - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ biographical data, publications and Academic pedigree of Siegmund Gabriel at academictree.org, accessed on 7 February 2018th
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gabriel, Siegmund |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gabriel, Sigismund |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 7, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1924 |
| Place of death | Berlin |